Identification of lime plaster in prehistory using petrographic methods: A review and reconsideration of the data on the basis of experimental and case studies

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 775-796

  Karkanas, Panagiotis ^a  

^a Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology Speleology of Southern Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CALCAREOUS SOIL; CALCITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIME; LITERATURE REVIEW; PETROGRAPHY; PREHISTORIC;

GREECE;

EID: 34948835699     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20186     Document Type: Article

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